diff --git a/instrumentation/othttp/handler.go b/instrumentation/othttp/handler.go
index ea4ca36b549..52db46e322d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/othttp/handler.go
+++ b/instrumentation/othttp/handler.go
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ func (h *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	h.handler.ServeHTTP(rww, r.WithContext(ctx))
 
 	setAfterServeAttributes(span, bw.read, rww.written, rww.statusCode, bw.err, rww.err)
+	span.SetStatus(standard.SpanStatusFromHTTPStatusCode(rww.statusCode))
 }
 
 func setAfterServeAttributes(span trace.Span, read, wrote int64, statusCode int, rerr, werr error) {